As a Product Engineer III at AeroVironment, you will provide sustaining engineering support for UAV systems, including design modifications, prototype hardware development, and configuration management. You will manage product line configurations, coordinate engineering documentation releases, and support manufacturing and suppliers to resolve technical issues. This role acts as a technical point of contact for ongoing support and change initiation, ensuring products meet customer and production requirements.

Responsibilities

Sustains engineering support related to a product line.
Manages product line configuration and change orders in Agile PLM system
Understands product design and features, be familiar with the manufacturing process. Understands customer performance and configuration requirements for product
Acts as a technical point of contact for ongoing support and change initiation, including managing manufacturing and customer issues escalated to engineering
Assists in proposal & report writing, review of contracts for production orders
Helps coordinate the transition for new products and product variants into production
Coordinates the release and update of engineering design documentation, operator manuals, bill of materials, manufacturing procedures, product acceptance test procedures, and production tooling and test equipment
Coordinates development, testing and release of product improvements and variants in cooperation with product line manager, design engineers and project managers
Provides component obsolescence management for the product line
Provides customer support for failure analysis, field bulletin technical content, general product information
Works with suppliers, purchasing and planning to ensure resolution of technical issues that impact production
Other duties as assigned

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in a related field of study is required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
Lean Six Sigma experience or Green Belt certification
5 - 8 years of related experience in a similar role, including experience in an engineering design environment, including support of products in production
Strong understanding of configuration management principles
Strong understanding of general Engineering fundamentals, mathematics, physics, material properties, electronics, systems, software
Demonstrated understanding of requirements for building of production assemblies, including documentation for use on production floor
Demonstrated ability to integrate across technical disciplines and organizations, including program management, manufacturing, quality, purchasing, suppliers and customers
Experienced and proficient with office software and computer based productivity tools

Nice to have

Experience with unmanned air vehicles a plus; RF, digital, and communications electronics design Electronics manufacturing troubleshooting PCB layout, schematics and assembly's Design/drafting/CAD (Altium), including ASME Y14 drawing standards
Desirable experience or attributes: Agile PLM data management system product configuration management standards (MIL-HDBK-61A, EIA-649-B)
Demonstrates competency in solving basic structural dynamics problems
Works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors. Resolves a wide range of issues in creative ways
Selects methods and techniques for obtaining solutions while utilizing good judgment. Contributes to meeting project cost and schedule
Typically receives little instruction on day-to-day work; Completes tasks within schedule and budget
Able to excel in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, where small teams share a broad variety of duties
Displays strong initiative and drive to accomplish goals and meet company objectives
Takes ownership and responsibility for current and past work products
Is committed to learning from mistakes and driven to improve and enhance performance of oneself, others, and the company
Demonstrates effective problem-solving, analytical, interpersonal and strong communication skills
Consistently demonstrates teamwork, collaboration and puts the success of the team above one's own interests

Benefits

Benefits: AV offers an excellent benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401K with company matching, a 9/80 work schedule and a paid holiday shutdown. For more information about our company benefit offerings please visit: http://www.avinc.com/myavbenefits.